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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeremy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I'm wondering how the chapeau for the statement was created and introduced where there is a full-throated endorsement of (let's call it "pig in a poke") MSism i.e. <i>a multistakeholder model of agenda setting, participation and decision making from its inception. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There is no indication in the initial statement of principles of such an uncritical endorsement. (I have somewhat parallel reservations about the IGF as well--at least as mentioned in the below--but these are less pressing in the current context of an IGF without the capabilities being pointed to.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For reasons I've expressed in my blog and elsewhere I find this uncritical/undefined kind of endorsement by CS of MSism extremely problematic and for that reason I can't endorse the statement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Although I agree that all stakeholders should have a role, I think that there is the issue of a role for those who might not currently be defined (or define themselves) as "stakeholders" (as per Daniel Pimenta's note) and as well the issue of possible subversion or capture of the MS process unless suitable measures are identified and implemented. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have no doubt that Brazil with its successful experience with CGI and elsewhere in integrating MS processes into on-going processes of democratic governance, participation and decision making, will be able to avoid these. However, I'm rather less sure of other of the stakeholder groups likely to be involved in the lead up to Brazil and following.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sana Saleem<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 27, 2013 11:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Andrew Puddephatt<br><b>Cc:</b> Valeria Betancourt; Anja Kovacs; Nnenna Nwakanma; bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org; Norbert Bollow<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] Sign-On Statement regarding the 2014 Internet Governance Summit in Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bolo Bhi, Pakistan endorses this statement.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sana<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 27-Oct-2013, at 9:18 pm, Andrew Puddephatt <<a href="mailto:Andrew@gp-digital.org">Andrew@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Global Partners Digital endorses the statement<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#484848'>Andrew Puddephatt, Director</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#311848'> Global Partners Digital </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#5A5A5A'>Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#272541'>Office </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#172342'>44 (0)207 549 0350</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#484848'>Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0033F3'><a href="mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk">andrew@g</a><a href="http://p-digital.org">p-digital.org</a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#484848'> <a href="http://www.global-partners.co.uk/"><span style='color:#002ADE;text-decoration:none'>www.global-partners.co.uk</span></a></span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Valeria Betancourt <<a href="mailto:valeriab@apc.org">valeriab@apc.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:05<br><b>To: </b>Anja Kovacs <<a href="mailto:anja@internetdemocracy.in">anja@internetdemocracy.in</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>, Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [bestbits] Sign-On Statement regarding the 2014 Internet Governance Summit in Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) also endorses the statement. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Valeria <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 24/10/2013, at 22:12, Anja Kovacs wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p>The Internet Democracy Project, India, also endorses the statement.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Think there might be a few spelling and grammar mistakes in the intro para? Shouldn't it say "poseS a challenge FOR the whole community to tackle"? <o:p></o:p></p><p>Thanks,<br>Anja<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 25, 2013 10:25 AM, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Jeremy,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I will give you a hug when I see you. This is the kind of thing that turns a human being into a zoombie.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Norbert, kindly note that The World Wide Web Foundation has given an okay to the statement.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Best <br><br>Nnenna<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> For those who had not heard from my message to the governance list,<br>> the Best Bits server has been completely lost due to a VPS<br>> malfunction. This means that our website and mailing lists are<br>> offline until further notice.<br><br>The statement text that has emerged from our discussions is now online<br>as a sign-on statement at <a href="http://igcaucus.org/sign-on.html" target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org/sign-on.html</a><br><br>Greetings,<br>Norbert<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-------------</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Valeria Betancourt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Directora / Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and Information Policy Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Progressive Communications, APC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.apc.org">http://www.apc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>